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P. P. ALLEN.

STUD FOR SHIRTS, ($20 No. 288,293. Patented Nov. 18, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FF'ICE.

PHILIP F. ALLEN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

STUD FOR SHIRTS, 800.

Application filed September 14, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP F. ALLEN, of London, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Studs or Fastenings for Shirt Collars and Cuffs; and the following is declared to be a description of the same.

Letters Patent in Great Britain were duly granted to me for this invention October 7 1881, No. 4,361.

Studs or fastenings for shirt collars and cuffs and similar articles of wearing-apparel have heretofore been made of gold, silver, and other metals, and also of bone, ivory, mother of pearl, and vegetable ivory, and these latter substances are almost exclusively employed in the cheaper grades of such goods. These studs or fastenings are rigid and brittle, frequently breaking with a slight blow, and they often by their rigidity cause unpleasantness to the body of the wearer when pressed againstv the flesh.

My invention is designed to furnish a stud that shall be flexible in its shank, yielding freely to a sudden pressure, and binding against the edges of the button-hole sufficiently to secure the stud in place and hold the parts of the garment together, and yet not abrading the surface of the fabric, as in the old form of stud.

In carrying out my invention I employ a flexible shank or stem to the stud, that is made entirely of indie-rubber, and-I employ in connection with said flexible shank a metal base and cap-plate secured to the same, and finished or ornamented in any desired manner.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of ashirtstud. Fig. 2is an elevation of asleevebutton. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same, and Fig. 4 a cross-section at a: :0. These figures are drawn upon an enlarged scale.

The shank or stem at is made of solid indiarubber, ends a.

and in one piece with the projecting The shank a may be of any desired SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,293, dated November 13,

(No model.) Patented in England October '1, 1881, No. 4,361.

thickness or length, and the projecting ends a of any desired width, according to the kind of a button to be made.

The base-plate b and intermediate ring, 0, and the cap-plate b and intermediate ring, 0, are employed in completing the stud or fastening.

In the operation of manufacturing these studs the peripheral edges of the base and cap plates '1) b are struck up at about right angles to the plate. The intermediate rings, a c, are behind the respective projecting ends a of the rubber shank, and the rings and ends a are inserted in their respective plates, and suitable dies are employed to turn over the edges of the plates 7) 12 down upon the rings 0 a, clamping them and'the rubber ends a securely in place.

The cap-plate b may be ornamented in any desired manner, and the rings a 0 may be dispensed with, employing the plates b 1; only, if found advisable. I am aware that a shirt-studhas been made employing between the base and top plate one or more elastic bands or rings and metallic pins to connect the parts together; but these I distinctly disclaim.

My improved stud or fastening may be used for shirt-collars, cuffs, gloves, coats, 8:0.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with the metallic base and top plate of a stud or other fastening, a 7 solid india-rubber shank or stem, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the plates 7) b, rings a 0, and solid indie-rubber stem or shank a, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 29th day of August, A. D. 1883.

PHILIP F. ALLEN.

Witnesses: v

Trroarns R. CORKE,

Gnonen BUIsT. 

